Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. This was for the first time after the Iranian Revolution of 1979 that Iran had a female athlete in its team. Wrestler Rasoul Khadem won the nation's first Olympic Games gold medal in 28 years since Mexico City 1968.
Competitors SportMenWomenTotalAquatics, Swimming 1 1Athletics 1 1Boxing 4 4Judo 1 1Shooting 1 1Wrestling 10 10 Total 17 1 18
Medal summary Medal table SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Wrestling 1 1 1 3 Total 1 1 1 3
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Rasoul Khadem Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg Abbas Jadidi Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg Amir Reza Khadem Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg
Results by event
Aquatics Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatsFinalTimeRankTimeRankHamed Rezakhani1500 m freestyle17:22.8633Did not advance
Athletics
Men AthleteEventRound 1FinalRankHeatTimeRankTimeRankHamid Sajjadi10000 m129:22.6520Did not advance35
Boxing
Men AthleteEvent1/16 elimination1/8 eliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankBabak Moghimi63.5 kgW 11–3W 16–7L 8–13Did not advance5Kourosh Molaei75 kgL 7–24Did not advance17Ayoub Pourtaghi81 kgL 9–21Did not advance17Mohammad Reza Samadi+91 kgL Did not advance17
Judo
Men AthleteEvent1st round2nd round3rd roundQuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinalRankAmir Reza Ghomi71 kgByeW HansukomakeL IpponRepechageW ShidoRepechageL IpponDid not advance9
Shooting
Women AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalScoreRankScoreTotalRankLida Fariman10 m air rifle37946Did not advance
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEventRound 11/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalRound 5Round 6FinalRankGholamreza Mohammadi52 kgW 4–0W 5–0ByeL 0–10RepechageL 1–35th place matchW 4–25Mohammad Talaei57 kgW 4–1L 3–5RepechageW 5–0RepechageW 1–0RepechageW 4–2RepechageL Fall5th place matchL 3–46Abbas Hajkenari62 kgL 0–3RepechageL 3–8Did not advance19Akbar Fallah68 kgL 2–2RepechageW 1–0RepechageW 5–0RepechageL 1–3Did not advance10Issa Momeni74 kgL 0–8RepechageW 3–0RepechageL 1–4Did not advance16Amir Reza Khadem82 kgW 3–0W 1–0ByeL 0–4RepechageW 3–03rd place matchW 0–0Rasoul Khadem90 kgW 6–1W 4–3ByeW 3–0W 3–0Abbas Jadidi100 kgW 4–0W 4–0ByeW 4–1L 1–1Ebrahim Mehraban130 kgW 6–2L 0–3RepechageL 2–3Did not advance12
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventRound 11/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalRound 5Round 6FinalRankAhad Pazaj62 kgL 2–5ByeRepechageW FallRepechageL 0–4Did not advance11
References
External links International Olympic Committee Web Site